​Prof Billy Boshoff, Dr Riaan Combrinck and Mr Yaseen Khan attended the 2nd international RILEM/COST conference on early age cracking and serviceability in cement-based materials and structures from 12 to 14 September 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Both Riaan and Yaseen presented papers, which were well received. Riaan's paper was also chosen to be published in the well-known journal Construction and Building Materials. The conference also served as a great opportunity to meet and socialise with fellow researchers in the field of plastic cracking in concrete.